Hem for stockings and method of making the same



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J. H. PLACE. HEM FOR STOCKINGS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

Patented Jail. 5,1892.

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JOHN H. PLACE, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

HEM FOR STOCKINGS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,371, dated January5, 1892. Application filed April 14, 1891. Serial No. 388,918.(Specimens) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. PLACE, of Decatur, in the county of Maconand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usef nlImprovements in Hems for Stockings and Methods of Making Same, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to stocking-hems formed by knitting; and itconsists in the method employed to form the hem and in the hem soformed, both of which are hereinafter set forth in detail andspecifically claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of thisspecification,Figures 1, 2, 3, and

4 represent steps in the method of forming the.

hem, and Fig. 5 represents the interior surface of a fragment of hem ascompleted.

The yarn is set up on the needles in the customa'ry manner and a fewrounds knitted. The hemstitch-yarn is then looped around each alternateneedle, as seen at 5 in Fig. 1. Knitting is next resumed with theoriginal yarn, the loops 5 being interknitted with such yarn, andknitting is continued until a strip wide enough to form the hem isproduced. The parts 4 of the hemstitch-yarn, being the connectionsbetween loops 5, are then brought up and placed each over twoneedles,-asseen in Fig. 3. Knitting is again resumed and the hemstitch-yarn iscaught between each two pairs of loops of the body-yarn, as will beindicated by the position of the hemstitch-yarn in Fig. 3, the parts 4are thrown to the inside of the fabric, as seen in Fig. 5, by the actionof the needles, andthe hem is practically completed. Subsequently thestocking is finished and the first few rounds knitted by the bodyyarnare raveled down to the hemstitch-yarn.

A desirable way to form the hem practically is to complete the stockingto the toe in the manner described, then knit the few preparatoryrounds, lay in the hemstitch-yarn, knit the hem, complete the stockingand others in the same manner, and finally cut the stockings apart nearthe hemstitch and ravel down, as specified.

In Fig. 2 is shown a needle with a section of the preliminary fabric 3thereon and a loop 5 of the hemstitch above such fabric.

In Fig. 4 the hem is shown in section as it appears at the time the stepshown in Fig. 3 is taken, 1 representing the hem and 3 the preliminaryfabric, which is finally unraveled.

In Fig. 5, 1 represents the hem, and 2 the body part of the stocking.The loops 5 of the hemstitch-yarn are shown interknitted with the marginof the hem, and the connections 4. are shown caught by loops of the bodyportion 2.

The hemstitch is of course applicable to other tubular fabricsbesidestockings, and its utility resides in its strength, its goodappearance, and in its stretchiness or yielding peculiarity, whichenables it to perfectly adapt itself to all conditions of the fabric.

I claim- 1. The method of forming a hem on tubular fabric, whichconsists in knitting a few rounds in the customary manner, then loopinga hemstitch-yarn around each alternate needle of the machine, thenknitting with the original yarn a strip wide enough to form the hem andincidentally interknitting the loops ,of the hemstitch-yarn, thenthrowing each connecting part of the loops of the hemstitchyarn over twoneedles ofthe machine, and then continuing knitting. with the originalthread, as set forth.

'2. 'The combination, with a-tubular fabric, of a hemstitch-yarn havingloops interknitted with each alternate Wale of the margin of the fabricand having the connections between loops caught by loops of the body ofthe fabric, whereby a hem is formed, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

I JOHN H. PLACE.

Attest:

I. D. WALKER, CHAS. B. WAGGONER.

